5Aintermediate

360 / Counterweight Orbit

Counterweight / Freehand. One unresponsive yoyo, but instead of tying the string to your finger, you tie it to a small weight (like a rubber dice). You can swing the weight around to do tricks.

How to do it

  1. Throw a sleeper.
  2. Release the counterweight so it spins in a big circle around your hand or arm.
  3. Keep the yoyo steady below.
  4. Catch the counterweight after one full loop.
  5. Bind.

Tips

Get one clean loop down before trying multiples.

The physics

The counterweight makes a circle because the string keeps it tied to the yoyo.

Elements

  • counterweight
  • orbit